Tape-needle.



No. 655,333. Patented Aug. 7, I900. M. N. ESTERBRQOK.

TAPE NEEDLE.

(Application filed May 8, 1900.) ("0 Model.)

NITED STATES MARY N. ESTERBROOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TAPE-NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,333, dated August7, 1900.

Annlication filed May 8, 1900. Serial No. 15,953. (No model.)

To to whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARY N. ESTERBROOK, of New York, State of New York,have invented a certain Improvement in Ribbon- Needles, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This improvement consists of a ribbon-needle made of a strip of metal orother suitable 1naterial,preferably,although not necessarily, tapered,smooth,and generally rounded at one end, provided with one or more teethat its opposite end, and provided with atransverse slot near its toothedend. In use a ribbon or tape is drawn through the slot, turned backward,and caught on the toothed end of the needle. By this device the strainof the part of the ribbon caught on the toothed end is lessened by thefrictional hold upon the ribbon of the edge of the slot, which engagesthe bight of the ribbon.

The accompanying drawings, illustrating two examples of the invention,are as follows:

Figure 1 is a side View of a ribbon-needle intended for carrying acomparatively narrow ribbon and provided with a single tooth at itstoothed end. Fig. 2 is a side view of a needle intended for a widerribbon and embodying the modification, which consists in providing thetoothed end of the needle with a plurality of teeth. Fig. 3 is a view ofthe edge of the needle, showing the ribbon attached.

For the sake of clearness of illustration the drawings represent theribbon-needle as magnified in size.

In carrying the invention into practice the needle is usually made ofsuitably thick sheet metal. The shank a of the needle is usually taperedand has its smaller end Z) smoothly rounded. Near its larger end it isprovided with a transverse slot 0. At its larger end it is provided witha single pointed extension or tooth d, if it be intended for use with anarrow ribbon, as shown in Fig. 1. When intended for use with a widerribbon, the needle may be correspondingly widened, the slot 0 elongated,and the toothed end provided with a plurality of sharp-pointedextensions-as, for example, with the two teeth d cl. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

In use the ribbon e is drawn through the slot c and turned back, formingthe returnbend e, which is caught on the toothed end of the needle, asillustrated in Fig. 3. The advantage of this mode of attaching theribbon is that the part of the return -bend e caught on the toothed endof the needle is not required to bear the entire strain when p theribbon is being drawn through the fabric, because a considerable portionof the strain is taken by the edge 0 of the slot seated in the bight eof the return-bend.

What is claimed as the invention is A ribbon-needle composed of a stripof suitable material smooth at one end and toothed at its opposite endand provided with a transverse slot near its toothed end.

MARY N. ESTERBRO OK.

Witnesses:

E. GATTERER, A. M. JONES;

